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How to pronounce “jealous”
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Pronunciation guide for jealous
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of jealous with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- An Ode to Envy
And I just curdled with jealousy that year,
- Definition summary
- Suspecting rivalry in love; troubled by worries that one might have been replaced in someone's affections; suspicious of a lover's or spouse's fidelity. [from 13th c.]
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How to pronounce jealous
An Ode to Envy
And I just curdled with jealousy that year,
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “jealous”
Meaning
- [Adjective]
- Suspecting rivalry in love; troubled by worries that one might have been replaced in someone's affections; suspicious of a lover's or spouse's fidelity. [from 13th c.]
- Protective; zealously guarding; careful in the protection of something (or someone) one has or appreciates, especially one's spouse or lover. [from 14th c.]
- Envious; feeling resentful or angered toward someone for a perceived advantage or success, material or otherwise. [from 14th c.]
- Suspicious; apprehensive.
- [Verb]
- (ambitransitive, slang) To harass or attack (somebody) out of jealousy.
- (transitive, Australian Aboriginal) To deliberately make (someone) jealous of another person's (often their partner's) associations with other people.
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